For a society of peace worthy of man and woman

Dr. Frank Kaufmann - Group photos with AfP certificates awarded to Prof. Steiwer, Mr Schroeder and Mr Elting

n the afternoon of Sunday 10th November 2013, We were also pleased and most fortunate to have I three Unification peace organizations convened a conference at the Centre Sociétaire. The special Professor Jacques Steiwer and his wife Mrs. Niki Karatzas attend (and quite surprised too! He had not availability of the room is largely thanks to WFWP confirmed his participation, so to see them walk in because it is a registered association in Luxembourg. was a happy moment indeed). Professor Steiwer, a The main speaker was Dr Frank Kaufmann, visiting philosopher and author of many books including from New York. Dr Kaufmann approached explaining “une morale sans Dieu” or “Morals without God” Reverend Moon’s various peace organisations in a presented a counter-proposition. He explained that somewhat novel way, beginning with an account of he was a left-wing student in Paris at the time of the Rev. Moon’s background and upbringing, even 1968 student uprisings. He posed the question as to including the situation in Korea before Reverend why after such a long time, religion has not been Moon’s birth, and then also the story of his able to bring an end to what a history of constant childhood. He explained that Reverend Moon was religious war. He rightly pointed out that it was strongly influenced by the struggle to free Korea Christians who created the inquisition, although he from Japanese occupation, and especially the great felt that the original Christianity was quite peaceful. influence on Reverend Moon from his admiration for He explained that in philosophy there is a theory his for his great uncle, Yun Guk Moon, a famous dealing with “just wars”, but that even in such wars patriot and freedom fighter. While praying for millions of people have died. Freud talked about the solutions, Rev. Moon had a spiritual encounter with double nature of man, involving love (eros) and Jesus when he was 15 years old.. He sought answers aggression, and some scientists think that without in many places, but including in Christian scriptures, aggression man might not have survived. Professor which led to him eventually to discover that the Steiwer cited the theory developed in his book that enduring structure and wellspring of human man has always been searching for ever higher problems stems from the failure of the first human forms of sociability without creating too many family. Thus, in creating his various peace conflicts. Therefore, the point that we have reached organisations, Rev. Moon organized them to match in which we have states with certain “rights” is the need to address the core “Edenic” collapse. already a great achievement. Reverend Moon knows that family holds the secret Afterwards, we watched the video “Rev. Sun Myung to health or horror at every level in global and Moon, A Life Dedicated to Peace and Unification” human affairs. Dr Kaufmann explained that all followed by a question and answer session in which violence devolves from the original struggle between Dr Kaufmann and Professor Steiwer fielded brothers, Cain and Abel, even struggle at the questions, which were mainly about Reverend worldwide level. This problem can be resolved only Moon’s life and work. During this time, in through the love of parents who can harmonize the responding to a point raised by Professor Steiwer, Dr extreme differences in the human family. World Kaufmann was able to explain that Rev. Moon had problems can be solved effectively only when been badly misunderstood in the United States, due tending to the resolution of these fundamental in part to a subtle racism that still affects parts of issues. American society.